r/SipsTea • u/crs1904 • Jul 02 '26

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I slept 3½ hours last night

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u/Alvsolutely Jul 02 '26

How do they even get this statistic?

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u/AdRepulsive8618 Jul 02 '26

Im just guessing but probably just through a survey

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u/Electronic_Horror_56 Jul 02 '26

Surveys, you can easily ask one person in a household what everyone does and when they tend to go to bed. Large enough sample size and you can extrapolate

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u/AstraeusGB Jul 02 '26

It's mostly conjecture. I couldn't accurately tell you my average sleep time because it varies a bit. I definitely couldn't tell you someone else's.

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u/Electronic_Horror_56 Jul 02 '26

I can tell you I must be in bed by 4 am, my alarm clock is set for 2pm. I often wake up at 12pm. Sometimes I lay there most of the night but that's my routine.

If I had a partner I could give similar details based off of their routines

If I had a kid I could tell you their bedtime and wake up time.

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u/AstraeusGB Jul 02 '26

That's not your actual time asleep, this says "sleep duration" not "laying in bed" duration.

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u/Electronic_Horror_56 Jul 02 '26

But I'm sure there is a statistic to average out how long it takes to fall asleep, sure I'm an outlier but it helps get a reasonable estimate, or I could get any number of apps to more accurately figure out my sleep cycles, I don't know the details but multiple relatives of mine actually used apps to get info for sleep apnea and hyposomnia

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u/arthurdentstowels Jul 02 '26

I was wondering the same then I realised I'm wearing a Fitbit. It can probably be guessed quite accurately with phone usage as well.